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Winter Livestock - Pratt

Name: Winter Livestock - Pratt livestock auction prices — 2021-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Pratt, Kansas · Thu, Apr 22

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1891

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5,071 head

▲ 1,320 vs last sale 3,751▼ 947 vs year ago 6,018 · −15.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

367 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 344▲ 89 vs year ago 278 · +32.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

17 head

▼ 54 vs last sale 71▲ 2 vs year ago 15 · +13.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Final Report *

Compared with last week, feeder steers 750 lb to 950 lb sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Steers 950 lb to 1100 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Steers 650 lb to 750 lb sold 5.00 higher. Steer calves 400 lb to 650 lb sold 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifer 700 lb to 1000 lb sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Heifers 900 lb to 950 lb sold 1.00 higher. Heifer calves 400 lb to 700 sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Approximately 30 loads of outstanding feeder heifers were in the offering. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.39/cwt on 2,593 head.

Average price

$124.39

2,593 head · 821 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,022

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$442

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$13.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.55

vs KS average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	610	128.69	785	178
Medium and Large 1	836	124.11	1,037	2,403
Large 1	1,062	115.50	1,227	12thin

One grade step is worth $13.19/cwt here — about −$442 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,593 hd

124.39

—

KS average3 barns · 4,160 hd

127.93

−3.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,973	95.31	1,880	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	71.17	978	241
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	60.65	735	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,223	49.75	608	8thin

Every lot

80 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	305	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	607	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	180.47/cwt	176.00–186.50	606	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	625	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	179.93/cwt	178.00–182.00	677	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	397	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	659	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	680	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	411	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	736	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	172.21/cwt	172.00–175.00	806	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	484	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	891	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	169.75/cwt	166.00–172.00	905	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	915	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	568	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	886	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	149.66/cwt	149.50–151.00	862	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	591	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	771	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	656	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,096	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	962	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	159.57/cwt	159.50–161.00	1,103	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,043	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,103	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	141.38/cwt	139.00–142.75	1,108	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	819	136.79/cwt	136.25–137.25	1,120	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	127.57/cwt	126.00–131.75	1,064	183
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	846	133.85/cwt	133.35–134.35	1,132	122
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	859	134.16/cwt	132.00–135.10	1,152	171
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	126.58/cwt	126.00–127.50	1,095	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	123.92/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,134	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	938	130.82/cwt	130.60–131.00	1,227	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	122.89/cwt	120.00–124.50	1,154	175
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	125.97/cwt	120.00–128.75	1,219	173
Steers	—	Large 1	1,012	121.85/cwt	120.35–122.75	1,233	307
Steers	—	Large 1	1,070	120.49/cwt	117.35–122.50	1,289	384
Steers	—	Large 1	1,107	116.87/cwt	116.00–117.25	1,294	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	143.54/cwt	140.00–145.50	477	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	143.76/cwt	141.00–145.00	529	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	377	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	520	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	565	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	408	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	534	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	141.12/cwt	140.00–144.00	577	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	631	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	693	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	477	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	599	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	140.54/cwt	137.50–142.00	732	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	696	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	731	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	751	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	820	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	135.53/cwt	134.75–138.00	823	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	768	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	661	124.34/cwt	120.00–128.00	822	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	717	121.29/cwt	118.50–122.25	870	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	129.07/cwt	125.00–133.25	928	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	762	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	989	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	124.54/cwt	119.50–126.50	969	154
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	122.90/cwt	120.00–123.75	1,024	599
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	852	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,012	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	121.93/cwt	120.10–123.85	1,069	415
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	922	121.81/cwt	120.00–123.25	1,123	737
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	952	120.10/cwt	120.10–120.10	1,143	114
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,062	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,227	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	313	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	560	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	745	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	779	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	574	142.92/cwt	139.00–147.00	820	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	656	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	827	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	761	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	860	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,873	88.64/cwt	87.00–89.50	1,660	3
Bulls	—	—	1,924	104.19/cwt	100.00–111.50	2,005	7
Bulls	—	—	2,005	93.20/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,869	20
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	60.65/cwt	56.00–65.00	735	28
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,223	49.75/cwt	45.00–53.00	608	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,249	67.87/cwt	66.00–69.50	848	69
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,425	72.50/cwt	70.00–76.25	1,033	172
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,147	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,180	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	9,853	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,265	842.00/cwt	835.00–850.00	10,651	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,323	933.96/cwt	920.00–960.00	12,356	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,405	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	15,244	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	15,400	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,550	4

This sale against other markets

Kansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock - Pratt, KS

Thu Apr 22, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Manhattan, KS (LS-DC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,071Last week 3,751Year ago 6,018

Slaughter CattleReceipts 367Last week 344Year ago 278

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 71Year ago 15

* Final Report *

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,249	66.00–69.50	67.87
172	—	1,425	70.00–76.25	72.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,212	56.00–65.00	60.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,223	45.00–53.00	49.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,873	87.00–89.50	88.64
7	—	1,924	100.00–111.50	104.19
20	—	2,005	90.00–99.00	93.20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	915	121.00–125.00	123.92
5	—	591	130.50	130.50
4	—	673	143.00	143.00
4	—	397	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	865	126.00–127.50	126.58
57	—	576	149.50–151.00	149.66
12	—	728	143.25	143.25
13	—	533	166.00–172.00	169.75
21	—	691	159.50–161.00	159.57
173	—	968	120.00–128.75	125.97
2	—	405	168.00	168.00
100	—	784	139.00–142.75	141.38
175	—	939	120.00–124.50	122.89
40	—	468	172.00–175.00	172.21
183	—	834	126.00–131.75	127.57
18	—	336	176.00–186.50	180.47
11	—	376	178.00–182.00	179.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	484	184.00	184.00
121	—	938	130.60–131.00	130.82
1	—	305	199.00	199.00
49	—	819	136.25–137.25	136.79
8	—	565	162.00	162.00
9	—	656	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	859	132.00–135.10	134.16
122	—	846	133.35–134.35	133.85
20	—	750	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
384	—	1,070	117.35–122.50	120.49
26	—	1,107	116.00–117.25	116.87
307	—	1,012	120.35–122.75	121.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	373	167.50	167.50
8	—	568	156.00	156.00
9	—	411	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	399	141.50	141.50
81	—	580	129.50	129.50
29	—	852	118.75	118.75
2	—	432	146.00	146.00
13	—	480	134.00	134.00
12	—	661	120.00–128.00	124.34
16	—	717	118.50–122.25	121.29
2	—	607	126.50	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	477	125.50	125.50
4	—	571	128.00	128.00
9	—	533	130.50	130.50
4	—	408	131.00	131.00
8	—	377	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,062	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	521	137.50–142.00	140.54
415	—	877	120.10–123.85	121.93
599	—	833	120.00–123.75	122.90
120	—	719	125.00–133.25	129.07
114	—	952	120.10	120.10
9	—	409	140.00–144.00	141.12
4	—	465	149.00	149.00
737	—	922	120.00–123.25	121.81
3	—	586	140.00	140.00
154	—	778	119.50–126.50	124.54
18	—	368	141.00–145.00	143.76
20	—	332	140.00–145.50	143.54
101	—	607	134.75–138.00	135.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	762	129.75	129.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	149.00	149.00
4	—	574	139.00–147.00	142.92
3	—	761	113.00	113.00
3	—	656	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	313	179.00	179.00
13	—	460	162.00	162.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,405	1,085.00	1,085.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	835.00	835.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,265	835.00–850.00	842.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,323	920.00–960.00	933.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	1,050.00	1,050.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.